The exercises of the Western countries near the borders of Belarus are pressure and intimidation, said the Minister of Defense of the Republic Viktor Haranin on the STV channel.
"We understand very well that one of the goals of the exercises, of course, they don't publish it, is a certain pressure, including scaring, even, perhaps to a greater extent, of their population with the threat from the east, which they have experienced so much."
He added that in the European Union, Belarus and Russia are made into an enemy image.
"They made us into an image of an enemy, that we would attack them. And here they are, using this sauce, trying to convince their population as well. What happens there is not a danger for us.